Knovel Overview

Elsevier Engineering Solutions

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What is Knovel?

Who uses Knovel?

Why Knovel?

Use Case Example: Material Selection

The development and design stages of the engineering workflow

have some of the biggest demands for technical information.

Manufacture /

Construction Operations

Market and

technologies

benchmarking and

research

Develop

manufacturing/

logistics plan &

schedule

Specify & produce

equipment and

tooling

Functional testing/

verification testing

Establish &

maintain logistics /

distribution &

service links

Provide technical

support to maintain

processes

Overhaul, repair &

modifications

Research Driven Process Driven

Identify relevant

standards

Customer

requirements

Development Preliminary

Design Detail Design

Problem and

requirements

definition

Concept

generation and

selection

Define design

specifications

Feasibility

assessments /

tradeoffs studies

Generate analytical

models

Preliminary design

review

Validate design

using simulation

software

Refine design &

generate

engineering

drawings

Create formal

documentation

and draft

production plan

Development and Design Driven

Requirements /

Research Development

Preliminary

Design Detail Design

Problem and

requirements

definition

Concept

generation and

selection

Define design

specifications

Feasibility

assessments /

tradeoffs studies

Generate analytical

models

Preliminary design

review

Validate design

using simulation

software

Refine design &

generate

engineering

drawings

Create formal

documentation

and draft

production plan

Requirements /

Research

Engineering teams need:

• Decisions that can be traced back to

reputable sources

• Just-in-time answers for problems

that have expensive stakes and

consequences

• New insights for exploring solutions

and improving approaches

• Best practice information that

enhance information and models

Knovel is primarily used in the applied stages of the

engineering lifecycle to increase productivity in

designing for construction, mass implementation and

commercial production of innovative products.

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Knovel is an engineering information, discovery and decision-

support solution that delivers vital technical data and powerful

search and analytical tools through a cloud-based application.

With over 15 years in the market, Knovel has a large and loyal

customer base in multiple industries with heavy engineering

information needs

• Corporate & Government Customers

• Hundreds of thousands of Engineers Worldwide use Knovel

• “Top 10” engineering firms in Oil & Gas, Specialty Chemical, Aerospace & Defense and

Engineering Design & Construction

• Universities in 40 countries

• 14 of Top 20 World’s Best Engineering & Technology Universities

Who uses Knovel?

Other includes keywords like: Aerospace, Materials, Chemistry, Manufacturing,

Environmental, Petroleum, nuclear, software

• Develop new / improve designs or products

• Get up to speed in new areas

• Develop new or improve processes

• Improve efficiencies

• Reduce consultancy fees

• Share information with remote team members

• Meet compliance & regulatory requirements

• Improve safety measures

• Get professional development / certification

Based on surveys and interviews of Knovel customers

How customers use Knovel

* Based on the 2013 survey of 2,336 Knovel users

1. Saves engineers time and alleviates frustration points in their work

- 8% reduction in project completion time and 9% reduction in project rework time through use

of Knovel*

- 49% would spend 3-15+ more hours per month finding and analyzing info if they do not have

Knovel*

2. Provides answers engineers can trust – to help them avoid costly mistakes

- Vetted by reputable publishers & societies

- Put through stringent selection process driven by engineering experts

3. Delivers relevant information & tools immediately applicable to engineering

projects

- 83% of respondents use Knovel and directly apply findings to a specific project*

4. Helps engineers innovate: Respondents most commonly indicate that Knovel helps*:

Develop new or improve designs/products (47%)

Get up-to-speed (41%)

Develop new or improved processes (39%)

Why customers use Knovel

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How Knovel does it: Deep engineering and market insights +

investment in product development and technologies

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Information Essentials: With general reference and specialized

engineering content and unique databases, Knovel carefully

curates and aggregates content from 120+ providers

Premium Content

Premium content & data from across trusted sources & publishers niche

& exclusive to Knovel; highly interactive; branded & building

blocks of vertical solutions

Information Essentials

Aggregate content & data across engineering subject areas, titles & databases from trusted sources

& publishers

Adhesives, Coatings, Sealants & Inks

Aerospace & Radar Technology

Biochemistry, Biology & Biotechnology

Ceramics & Ceramic Engineering

Chemistry, & Chemical Engineering

Civil Engineering & Construction Materials

Composites

Computer Hardware Engineering

Earth Sciences

Electrical &Power Engineering

Electronics & Semiconductors

Engineering Management & Leadership

Environment & Environmental Engineering

Fire Protection Engineering & Emergency Response

Food Science

General Engineering & Project Administration

Industrial Engineering & Operations Management

Promotional Titles

Manufacturing Engineering

Marine Engineering & Naval Architecture

Mechanics & Mechanical Engineering

Metals & Metallurgy

Mining Engineering & Extractive Metallurgy

Nanotechnology

Nondestructive Testing & Evaluation

Oil & Gas Engineering

Optics & Photonics

Pharmaceuticals, Cosmetic & Toiletries

Plastics & Rubber

Process Design, Control & Automation

Safety & Industrial Hygiene

Software Engineering

Sustainable Energy & Development

Textiles

Transportation Engineering

Welding Engineering & Materials Joining

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Information Essentials: With general reference and specialized

engineering content and unique databases, Knovel carefully

curates and aggregates content from 120+ providers

• Established, accepted science sourced from 100+recognized societies & publishing

partners/Elsevier’s content is less than 20% of total

• Stringent selection process driven by customer requests and vetted by industry experts

• Editorial Advisory Board provides deep engineering experience & leadership

ensuring depth & breadth of content meets customer needs

• Note: Knovel does not search, store or manipulate a customer's internal data

Data Analysis Tools integrated into Engineering Workflow

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Material Solutions: Through Knovel’s exclusive critical tables

and materials and substance databases, our users already have

critical property data at their fingertips.

• Mechanical properties data

• Chemical properties data

• Corrosion data, case studies

• Coatings information

• Material properties

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Multi-faceted

search & filters

‘Smart’ Content and Analytics: Engineering search capabilities

and analytical tools enable users to discover new insights and

related information, deepening the value they get from Knovel.

Material/

Substance or

Property Data

Search

Knovel’s optimized search for engineers:

• Finds data, hidden in tables, graphs, and equations

• “Understands” engineering language

• Allows numeric range search

• Automatically performs unit conversion

• Performs multi-variable search

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Interactive

graphs &

tables

Interactive

equations library

and solver

‘Smart’ Content and Analytics: Engineering search capabilities

and analytical tools enable users to discover new insights and

related information, deepening the value they get from Knovel.

Knovel’s interactive content and

productivity tools:

• Easy-to-use tools for initial calculations

and information validation

• More than 100,000 interactive tables,

graphs and equations

• Customize and manipulate data as

easily as sorting a spreadsheet

• Digitize one or more curves by plotting

points on a graph

Unit converter

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Export integrations

with engineering and

math-based tools

(eg, Excel, MCAD, etc)

Discovery

platform search

integrations

(eg Sharepoint,

desktop widget)

Engineering

software search

integrations

(eg Autodesk

Inventor, Revit)

Workflow Integrations: Knovel has exporting capabilities and

has been recently enhanced to deepen integrations with

discovery platforms and engineering software programs

Case Example: Material Selection

Data Search is a must-have

for achieving precision in

materials/properties search

Case Example: Material Selection

Users can search for

materials with specific

properties in mind. For

example, in this search for

flywheel material, tensile

strength is an important

factor in determining

energy per unit weight

Case Example: Material Selection

Data Search Query Builder

Matches Materials with their

Properties

Case Example: Material Selection Query terms highlighted, easy to

sort on Temperature or Tensile

Strength and manipulate as a

spreadsheet

Case Example: Material Selection

Basic Search shows

Results grouped by

Content Types

Case Example: Material Selection

Effects of temperature on

Titanium yield strength;

points plotted - ready for

export to Excel

Case Example: Material Selection

From digitized graph to

Excel Spreadsheet in

seconds

Thank you.